Intentions to Marry, 1907 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840434, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1907 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1907a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1907b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1907c).

Page 336

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodgkins

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

121

12 February 1907

Frederick Horton
Honora Bright Casey

Frederick Horton Bright
Honora Casey
💍 1907/740

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

32
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
life

Sacred Heart Church, Hill Street, Wellington

07/817

12 February 1907

Rev. W. J. Lewis

No	121
Date of Notice	12 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Horton	Honora Bright Casey
BDM Match (66%)	Frederick Horton Bright	Honora Casey
	💍 1907/740
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	life
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	07/817
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Lewis

122

12 February 1907

Edward Peter Stammers
Agnes Page

Edward Peter Staminers
Agnes Page
💍 1907/829

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
21

Karori
Karori

10 months
21 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

07/922

12 February 1907

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	122
Date of Notice	12 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Peter Stammers	Agnes Page
BDM Match (95%)	Edward Peter Staminers	Agnes Page
	💍 1907/829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Karori	Karori
Length of Residence	10 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	07/922
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1907
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

123

12 February 1907

Thomas Joshua Lane
Ida Dennison Urquhart

Thomas Joshua Lane
Ida Dennison Urquhart
💍 1907/724

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

11 years
life

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

07/791

12 February 1907

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	123
Date of Notice	12 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joshua Lane	Ida Dennison Urquhart
	💍 1907/724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	11 years	life
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	07/791
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

124

12 February 1907

Ronald William Harvey
Margaret Elizabeth Hornby

Ronald William Harvey
Margaret Elizabeth Hornby
💍 1907/831

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
22

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

07/923

12 February 1907

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	124
Date of Notice	12 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald William Harvey	Margaret Elizabeth Hornby
	💍 1907/831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	07/923
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1907
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

125

12 February 1907

Arthur John Hancock
Margaret Annie Noodan

Arthur John Hancock
Margaret Annie Noonan
💍 1907/832

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
life

Registrar's Office, Wellington

07/924

12 February 1907

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	125
Date of Notice	12 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Hancock	Margaret Annie Noodan
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur John Hancock	Margaret Annie Noonan
	💍 1907/832
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	07/924
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1907
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).